﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  BE 
  VISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELAXOPLI—SC 
  UDDER. 
  159 
  

  

  low, 
  broad, 
  subequal, 
  the 
  sides 
  moderately 
  narrow 
  but 
  low 
  (male) 
  or 
  

   scarcely 
  silicate 
  (female); 
  frontal 
  costa 
  broad, 
  equal, 
  plane 
  (male) 
  or 
  

   tumid 
  (female) 
  above, 
  at 
  and 
  below 
  tbe 
  ocellus 
  broadly 
  and 
  rather 
  

   deeply 
  sulcate; 
  eyes 
  pretty 
  large 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  prominent. 
  Pronotum 
  

   witli 
  tbe 
  prozona 
  equal, 
  the 
  metazona 
  expanding 
  and 
  punctato-rugulose; 
  

   median 
  carina 
  slight 
  but 
  distinct 
  on 
  the 
  metazona, 
  obsolete 
  or 
  subobso- 
  

   lete 
  on 
  the 
  prozona; 
  lateral 
  cariuae 
  subobsolete; 
  transverse 
  sulci 
  of 
  

   prozona 
  slight 
  but 
  distinct, 
  continuous. 
  Tegmina 
  extending 
  a 
  very 
  

   little 
  way 
  beyond 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  surpassing 
  the 
  hind 
  femora. 
  Supraanal 
  

   l)late 
  regularly 
  clypeate, 
  about 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long; 
  plates 
  of 
  the 
  furcula 
  

   shai)ed 
  much 
  as 
  in 
  Jf. 
  hoicditchi, 
  but 
  thickened 
  at 
  the 
  tip, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   the 
  cerci 
  or 
  nearly 
  two-thirds 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  snpraanal 
  plate; 
  the 
  cerci 
  

   have 
  a 
  triangular 
  base 
  and 
  a 
  long, 
  straight, 
  slender, 
  bluntly 
  terminated, 
  

   equal 
  finger 
  extending 
  backward 
  and 
  ujiward 
  and 
  inclined 
  inward, 
  

   starting 
  from 
  the 
  lower 
  posterior 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  base; 
  it 
  is 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   the 
  terminal 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  tarsi; 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  scoop-shaped, 
  

   well 
  rounded 
  as 
  viewed 
  from 
  above, 
  the 
  tip 
  scarcely 
  produced, 
  entire. 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  color 
  is 
  greenish 
  yellow, 
  sometimes 
  a 
  little 
  iufuscated 
  

   alove, 
  the 
  head 
  frequently 
  mottled 
  with 
  fuscous; 
  antennae 
  uniform 
  

   yellowish; 
  the 
  usual 
  stripe 
  behind 
  the 
  eye 
  over 
  the 
  upper 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  lobes 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  is 
  generally 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  very 
  narrow 
  

   dusky 
  stripe 
  next 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  lateral 
  carinae, 
  diminishing 
  in 
  breadth 
  pos- 
  

   teriorly; 
  or 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  broader, 
  it 
  sometimes 
  invades 
  the 
  disk 
  rather 
  than 
  

   the 
  lateral 
  lobes; 
  the 
  disk 
  has 
  a 
  median 
  dusky 
  line 
  and 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  

   the 
  head 
  a 
  dusky 
  basal 
  triangle. 
  The 
  tegmina 
  partake 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  

   lively 
  tone 
  to 
  a 
  less 
  extent, 
  and 
  the 
  paler 
  median 
  stripe, 
  distinct 
  only 
  

   at 
  base, 
  is 
  seldom 
  flecked 
  intermittently 
  with 
  fuscous; 
  hind 
  femora 
  yel- 
  

   low, 
  the 
  upper 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  face 
  dusky, 
  and 
  two 
  oblique 
  dusky 
  

   patches 
  often 
  occur 
  above; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  glaucous, 
  the 
  spines 
  white 
  or 
  

   ghiucous, 
  black 
  tipped, 
  ten 
  to 
  eleven 
  in 
  number 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  series. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  20.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  22 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  

   13 
  mm., 
  female, 
  9.75 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  20.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  22 
  mm.; 
  

   hind 
  femora, 
  male, 
  14 
  mm., 
  female, 
  15 
  mm. 
  

  

  Eighteen 
  males, 
  20 
  females, 
  Yellowstone, 
  Montana, 
  August 
  (U.S.N. 
  

   M. 
  — 
  Eiley 
  collection); 
  Sidney, 
  Cheyenne 
  County, 
  Nebraska, 
  August 
  

   (L. 
  Brimer); 
  Moline, 
  Eock 
  Island 
  County, 
  Illinois, 
  August 
  27, 
  J. 
  Mc- 
  

   Neill; 
  Denver, 
  Arapahoe 
  County, 
  Colorado, 
  October 
  5; 
  Morrison, 
  Jef- 
  

   ferson 
  County, 
  Colorado, 
  August 
  9; 
  Colorado 
  Springs, 
  El 
  Paso 
  County, 
  

   Colorado, 
  August, 
  E. 
  S. 
  Tucker 
  (University 
  of 
  Kansas); 
  Garden 
  of 
  

   the 
  Gods, 
  El 
  Paso 
  County, 
  Colorado, 
  October 
  6; 
  Carrizo 
  Springs, 
  Dim- 
  

   mit 
  County, 
  Texas, 
  August, 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  Walgymar 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  — 
  Riley 
  

   collection); 
  Las 
  Cruces, 
  Donna 
  Ana 
  County, 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  July 
  8, 
  T. 
  

   1). 
  A. 
  Cockerell; 
  Tucson, 
  Pima 
  County, 
  Arizona 
  (U.S.N. 
  M. 
  — 
  Eiley 
  

   collection). 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  also 
  reported 
  by 
  Bruiier 
  from 
  Barber 
  and 
  Comanche 
  counties, 
  

   Kansas. 
  

  

  